Worth thinking about how long Tolkien goes on in Return of the King about despair being a weapon, and presenting defeat as a forgone conclusion being a deliberate and effective tactic
I need to start begging people to read Nihei's Tower Dungeon. Perfect blend of Dark Fantasy and Horror, the setting's evocative of classic dungeon crawlers. Just a great time all around.
Everything in FF that was intrinsically motivated is now incentivized by the games' core design, and I think my enjoyment of the series has dwindled as a result
Doing something a bit different this #weebwednesday - give me your JRPG hot takes! Final Fantasy VII was too overrated or something, right? You know the drill, no racist shit, no deliberately inflammatory shit, etc etc let's fucking go <3
That being said, in the intro interview, Fukuda said that he was hoping that people would leave this movie with a smile on their face. He got me there, all of the serious parts of this movie were so funny that I laughed my head off every time. The YouTube-poopability of this movie is off the charts.
Quote with a game which you are nostalgic.
This one made my imagination run wild, probably because it was the first 3D game I played and, with the way barriers were cleverly handled, the world felt so much bigger than what they were
Fun fact:
As a kid, I got my parents to rent the Sonic OVA multiple times from our local mom and pop video store.
@thadila.bsky.social would do the same, but there was one time when the tape was rented out.
We later figured out my family probably had rented it that weekend
I don't know how to kickstart this account lmao. I think something I want to do is keep this as a personal account, and eventually grab another account for my online-persona
